40 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked bottom 50% in South Australia · data current as at 2026-05-15
Based on last week's South Australia grid mix (avg 370 gCO₂/kWh), Whyalla's 40 solar systems typically avoid around 0.11 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Whyalla ranks 309th in South Australia out of 347 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 40 registered systems to date. 1 new systems were added in the past 12 months, with growth of 0% on the previous year — typical of a maturing market where most interested households have already installed.
Whyalla's solar systems avoid an estimated 181 tonnes of CO₂ per year, equivalent to 86 fewer cars on the road annually. This is estimated using South Australia's average grid emissions intensity of 370 gCO₂/kWh, sourced from OpenElectricity, applied to an average system size of 9kW.